ProElite.com just announced that EliteXC has resigned Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano and Robbie Lawler to long-term contracts.

“I am proud and very excited to announce that Kimbo, Gina and Robbie have all re-signed with us,’’ EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw said today. Terms of the long-term, multi-year agreements were not disclosed.

All three fighters are scheduled to appear on the debut of "CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights".

The event will take place on May 31 from 9:00-11:00pm ET at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

Mixed martial arts will take a huge leap forward on May 31 as it will be the first time ever that an MMA event will be broadcast live on a major network television channel. This will be the first of four primetime events scheduled to air on CBS in 2008. The complete lineup for the May 31 fight card will officially be announced within the next few days.

So far this is how the unofficial May 31 fight card is shaping up:

• Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson
• Robbie Lawler vs Scott Smith
• Gina Carano vs Kaitlin Young
• Brett Rogers vs Jon Murphy
• Phil Baroni vs Murilo Rua

In the main event of the night Kimbo Slice will be taking on another struggling heavyweight with minimum ground skills in James "The Colossus" Thompson. Thompson has lost 6 out of his last 8 fights with 4 of those losses coming by way of knock out. Don’t blink for this one folks. This fight will be over quicker than James Thompson can run across the ring with his chin up in the air. For those of us waiting to see Kimbo fight somebody with well rounded skills, it looks like it could be a while.

In the co-main event of the night, "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler will defend his EliteXC middleweight title against Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith. While Slice vs Thompson might be labeled as the main event of the night, this bout has fight of the night written all over it. This fight will be extremely explosive as two of the sports biggest brawlers go toe to toe in a championship five round war.

Gina Carano, now recognized as the face of women’s MMA, will make her return to the EliteXC cage after defeating Tonya Evinger via rear naked choke at EliteXC "Uprising" back in September of 2007. Carano revealed her upcoming opponent for May 31 on tonight’s edition of Yac & J’s MMA & Boxing Show. She will be squaring off against 4-1 Kaitlin Young who has won all 4 of her fights via KO/TKO. Young recently lost her first fight to Sara Schneider via armbar at BodogFIGHT’s "Nick Thompson vs John Troyer" event back in February of this year.

The only details released so far about the length of the long-term contracts came from Gina Carano who said that she will be fighting with EliteXC for at least two more years. Whatever the case, President Gary Shaw, seems very happy to have re-signed 3 of EliteXC’s most popular fighters.

“We’re extremely happy to get these deals done with Kimbo, Gina and Robbie,’’ Shaw said. “Fighters know EliteXC is the place to be and the organization to fight for, which is why we’ve always been able to sign or re-sign almost each and every one of our fighters.

“You don’t see our guys leaving. With us, it’s family and all about the fighters. Every fighter who has fought on an EliteXC card has come away being ambassadors for EliteXC.

Stand by for further details regarding the contracts as well as the official fight card for the May 31 show.